I recently helped students in Jesse Seay’s Sound Art Electronics class use piezo disc contact microphones to build amplified sound sculptures and instruments for public interaction at The Arcade, an exhibition space at Columbia College Chicago. Their handmade electroacoustic creations were very fun and effective. The show runs for one month and closes May 2,… Continue reading The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics
Category: Exhibitions
Janaury 2014 WFAE President’s Report
My President’s Report for the year-end issue of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Quarterly News has been published. This issue includes “Teaching Sound and Listening: Auditory Experiments”, a feature article by Leonardo Cardoso and a research/project report “Mapping the Sounds of Collections: Listening to Museums and Archives” By John Kannenberg. My report provides… Continue reading Janaury 2014 WFAE President’s Report
Special Seminar, “Sound, Silence and Acoustic Ecology”
On Thursday June 20 I will present in a seminar on “Sound, Silence and Acoustic Ecology.” This is an invitation-only event held in conjunction with the Silence Exhibition, curated by Alex van Oss. The exhibition is open to the public at the Embassy of Finland on June 29-30 and July 13-14, from 11 AM to… Continue reading Special Seminar, “Sound, Silence and Acoustic Ecology”
March 30, Soundfest at Amherst College
I am creating “Similaria,” a new electroacoustic composition performance in the Mead Art Museum for Soundfest. This is part of a two-day showcase of indoor and outdoor sound installation work and performances taking place all around the Amherst College campus.
Baschet Brothers Musical Sculpture
Experimental musicians Hal Rammel, Eric Leonardson, and Ed Herrmann will play and accompany François and Bernard Baschet’s Aluminum Piano (1962). Free with museum admission.
Just Listen photos from Fergus Kelly
Just Listen, a set by Fergus Kelly on Flickr. My friend Fergus Kelly from Dublin posted this lovely set of photos of performances from Just Listen, in Cork, Ireland. The shots of David Toop and The Quiet Club were taken on Friday, before I arrived. Pauline Oliveros and John Godfrey performed as a duo on… Continue reading Just Listen photos from Fergus Kelly
Chicago Phonography in “Here/Not There” at Museum of Contemporary Art
I am creating an installation and five performances in Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art with Chad Clark, Brett Balogh, and fellow members of Chicago Phonography for the MCA’s Here/Not There series. Opening at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 21 Chicago Phonography in “Here/Not There” Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 Tel:… Continue reading Chicago Phonography in “Here/Not There” at Museum of Contemporary Art
Acoustic Mirror of the World in Synesthetic Plan of Chicago
The World Listening Project has built a public sound installation “Acoustic Mirror of the World” for the Synesthetic Plan of Chicago, an exhibition co-curated by Annie Heckman and Dan Godston for the Visitor Information Center of the Chicago Cultural Center. My Flickr photostream shows the construction of the WLP’s installation.
Report from Sound Megalópolis In Mexico City
A brief conference report on Megalópolis Sonoras: Sonidos en peligro de extinción (Sound Megalopolis: Cultural Identity and Sounds in danger of extinction) organized by the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) and the recently founded Mexican Forum for Acoustic Ecology. The conference took place March 23–27 at the gorgeous Fonoteca Nacional in the beautiful Coyoacán… Continue reading Report from Sound Megalópolis In Mexico City
Shapes of Sound exhibition online
Hal Rammel inspired me to make my own instruments in 1990. Tonight, I learned from him that a web page about the wonderful exhibition of experimental musical instruments and their inventors, The Shapes of Sound: Musical Instruments and the Imagination in the Midwest, curated by Hal is now online. I was honored to be among… Continue reading Shapes of Sound exhibition online